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BLEED & CROP MARKS
WHAT IS BLEED AND WHY DO I NEED IT?
If your design has a colour, image or background that goes right to the edge of the page, you will need to add bleed.
When we print your artwork, it is printed on a larger sheet and then trimmed down to the finished size. Because cutting can never be 100% exact, your design needs to extend slightly past the edge where we cut.
This extra area is called bleed.
Bleed makes sure there are no unwanted white edges around your finished print.
HOW MUCH BLEED DO I NEED?
Please add 3mm of bleed on every side of your artwork.
For example:
Finished A4 size: 210mm × 297mm
A4 with 3mm bleed: 216mm × 303mm
Once printed, we trim off the extra 3mm from each edge, leaving your document at the correct A4 size.
DO I NEED CROP MARKS?
Crop marks indicate where the finished artwork should be trimmed.
The most important thing is to make sure your artwork includes the correct 3mm bleed, but crop marks are preferable!
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